Our Perspective

Aleta Margolis, Inspired Teaching’s Founder and Executive Director, reflects on Inspired Teaching’s history and shares how our philosophy of teaching and learning has remained constant over 20 years.

On August 20th, Real World History students kicked off the 2015-16 school year with a visit to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to see One-Way Ticket, an exhibit featuring Jacob Lawrence’s complete Migration Series.

Center for Inspired Teaching is proud to partner with the Toyota USA Foundation through SCALE: Science Curriculum Advancement through Literacy Enhancement.

Inspired Teaching is proud to partner with the Library of Congress through the Real World History program.

Aleta Margolis, Inspired Teaching’s Executive Director, celebrates the accomplishments of Inspired Teachers, new and experienced, and highlights Inspired Teaching’s summer programming and plans for school year 2015-16.

Inspired Teaching’s Aleta Margolis writes about what can be done to ensure that Learning through Play is a part of every student’s education.

Inspired Teaching intern Kien Nguyen writes about his own school experience in Vietnam and how much he learned from his classmates on the playground.

Inspired Teaching’s Suzanne Katz reflects on the importance of teachers reclaiming the role and language of learners.

In a piece originally published in The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet, Inspired Teaching’s Aleta Margolis outlines what you see in a classroom when students are engaged in real learning.

Aleta Margolis, Inspired Teaching’s Executive Director, writes about the need to incorporate imagination and serious play into all classrooms so that students can thrive.